Just stumbled upon this, I work in a Canadian PDC. THe rumor we have heard is 3 Canadian PDC's closed, 6 US PDC and a National closed. I do know they have already they called all the PDC managers together last week. We have heard from our union the company will not do anything in Canada until they take care of the US.

Our PDC mangr just retired out of the clear blue a week ago, so much so he said he had to be out by 3pm ish. I have heard rumors about some of the closing and the one's i keep hearing are..AtlantaNewarkClevelandMilwaukee(national)Never heard about Canada though thats new to me.

Rumor is one national and a couple of fields will be closing. Don't know which ones. I wish everyone luck. There will be a lot of changes including implementation of 4 day work weeks and team leaders e.t.c

Our PDC mangr just retired out of the clear blue a week ago, so much so he said he had to be out by 3pm ish. I have heard rumors about some of the closing and the one's i keep hearing are..AtlantaNewarkClevelandMilwaukee(national)Never heard about Canada though thats new to me.

Just to let you know Vancouver PDC has been given notice it will be shut down Nov 30 08, They said they are on a tour across Canada and US this week and next shutting PDC down. Next one in Canada is Winnipeg they would not say how many or who in US. But there hired consulting company has named which ones must go. For US PDC they said end of this week or beginning of next week they will be notified.

Just to let you know Vancouver PDC has been given notice it will be shut down Nov 30 08, They said they are on a tour across Canada and US this week and next shutting PDC down. Next one in Canada is Winnipeg they would not say how many or who in US. But there hired consulting company has named which ones must go. For US PDC they said end of this week or beginning of next week they will be notified.

yep all true!!! Montreal and Toronto on friday, Moncton and Red Deer are suppose to stay?

If they close a PDC and the work goes to another PDC then the workers from the closed PDC have an opportunity to follow his/her job with seniority right? This is what i was told in the past.O wait maybe they will just Idle the PDC no close it

We were told that mopar pdc system can not compete against competition. The HR guy said if this is old Chrysler they would never close all the depots down just down size and layoff at each location. Cerberus is looking for a quick savings and return. If they own the property they want to sell it. They said Vancouver alone they can save $5 million a year. Also no closure agreements have been offered. The last we heard is our contract is up and they do not have to give buyouts or anything else. As of Nov 30 we are gone no money no top up of uninsurance benefits.

We were told that mopar pdc system can not compete against competition. The HR guy said if this is old Chrysler they would never close all the depots down just down size and layoff at each location. Cerberus is looking for a quick savings and return. If they own the property they want to sell it. They said Vancouver alone they can save $5 million a year. Also no closure agreements have been offered. The last we heard is our contract is up and they do not have to give buyouts or anything else. As of Nov 30 we are gone no money no top up of uninsurance benefits.

If they close a PDC and the work goes to another PDC then the workers from the closed PDC have an opportunity to follow his/her job with seniority right? This is what i was told in the past.O wait maybe they will just Idle the PDC no close it

One would assume (usa )if your pdc closes...you would have rights to go with sen to an opening at any facility in the US ( assmebly, pdc whatever).Of course they fill those by sen corp wide..So it would depend on your sen . If they idle it you go with 91 days...I dont know your sen but in stl we will have guys with 25 plus years going on lay off oct 31. good luck

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